The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21

IOT YOU WIFI lSSuIc VI ~ slle SpIllllllS
wheel, and on cold nights wrapping you up
snug and warm. And then at last on that
day when she lay in the back room dying,
and YOU saw her take these thin hands with
| which she tolled 70: YOU so lonG. and
put them together in q diving PRAYER that
! commended YOU to the God whom She had
I taught rou To trust O. She was the queen,
! The char:ots of God came down 20 fetch her:
and as she ":%nt in. all heaven rose up. Gou
! cannot think OF her now wI.hout I rush OF
! tenderness that St!rS the deep foundations of
your soul. and you tecl as much Il child again
| as when YOU cried on her lap: ana if You
could bring her back as in to speak Just once
| more your name. Is tsuier.v Us she used to
! speak it. You would be willing to throw your
/ SELF on the ground and kiss the sod that covers
! her. crying: Mother, Mother" An. she was
the queen-She was the queen. Now, can you
tell me how many thousand miles woman
/ like that would have 10 travel down before
! she got to the balOt-boX: Compared with this
work of training kings and queens for God and
eternity. how insignificant seems all this
work of voting for aldermen ard common
counciimen, and SilertfS and conStables, and
mayors and presidents. 10 make one such
grand woman as have described how many
thousands would YOU want of those people
who 90 il the round Of golieS>neSS and
fashion. and dissipation. GiSto:tinG their
BODY until in their nlonstrositics they seem to
Quito the dromeiaIy and hippop&tamuS, go
ING rs far toward diSgraceful apparel as they
dare 60 so as not to be arrested by the pollce
their behavior 4 sorrow TO the good and
caricature OF the vicious and an Insult TO that
God who made them women andnOt gorSouS;
and trampin@ on. down through L frivolous
and diSSipated life, to temporal and eternal
6amnation!
o woman. with the lightning of your soul,
strike dead at your feet all these allurementS
to dissipation and to fashion. Your immor-
tai soul cannot be fed upon such garbage.
God calls You up to empire and dominion.
VIII You have it, o, give to God your
to God all your culture; give to God all your
refinement: give yourself to Him, for this
world and the next. Soon all these bright
eyes will be quenched. and these voices Will
be hushed. For the last time You will look
upon this fair earth Fathers hand mothers
hand. sisters hand. child,S hand will be no
more in yours. 1t will be night, and there
will come up cold wind from the Jordan.
and YOU must start. Wilt be a lone woman
on a trtlckleSs moore All, no! Jesus Will
come up in that hour and offer His hand, and
He will say: You stood by Ne when yoL
were well: now will not desert you when
YOU are sick One wave Of His hand and
TIE storm will drop: and another wave OF His
hand, and midnight shall break into mid
noon: and another wave OF bis hanQ, and the
chamberlains Of God will come down from
the treasure-houses of heaven, with robes
luStrous, blood-washed. and heavcIl-glinted,
in which YOU will array yourself for the mar
riage supper of the Lanu. And then with
Miriam, who struck the tinorel Of the Red
Sea; and with Deborah, who led the Lords
host into the fight; and with Hannah, who
gave her Samuel to the Lord: and with Mary,
who rocked Jesus to sleep while there We're
angels singing in the air: and with Florence
Nightingale, who bound up the t'attle-wounds
of the Crimea you will, from the chalice Of
God drink to the souls eternal rescue
One twilight. after had been playing with
the children for some time | laid down upon
the lounge to rest. The children said, play
more Children always want to play more.
And, half sleep and half awake. seemed
to dream this dream: 1t seemed to me tha;
was in a tar-distant land-not Persia, al
though more than Oriental luxuriance
crowned the cities; nor the tropjcs-although
more than tropical fruitfuuess fle! the gar
dens: nor Italy-although more than Italian
sofrness filed the air. And l wandered
around, looking for thornS and nettleS but
found none Of them grew there. And l
walked forth and | saw the sun rise, anu l
said:
when will it set again!' and the sun sank
not. And saw all the people IN holiday ap-
parel and l said: When will they put on
vorkngnlan'S garb again, and delve II the
rhine. and swelter at the forse! but neither
the garments nor the robes did they put off.
Ard I wandered in the suburbs. and | said:
''Where do they bury the dead OF this great
.ity.n and looked along by the hills where
it would be most beautiful for the dead to
sleep, and I saw castles, and towns,
and battlements; but not mauSoleum,
nor monument, nor white slab could
see And | went into the great chapel OF
the town, and said: Where do the poor
worship? where are the benches on which
they sit" and voice answered: We have
no Door in this great city" And wandered
out, seeking to find the place where were the
novels of the destitute; and found mansions
of amber, and ivory, and gold butno tear nor
sigh did see or hear. l was bew7ioered; ana
sat under the shadow Of great Tree, and
said: '.What am I, and whence comes all
thisn And at that moment there came
from among the leaves, skipping
up the fowery paths and across
the sparkling waters, very o7ght ana
sparkling group: and when l saw their step
knew it, and when l heard tnelr voices
thought knew them; but their apparel
was so different from anything l had
ever seen ! bowed, a stranger to strangers,
But after awhile, when they clapped their
hands and shouted ''Welcome. welcome!'
the mystery was solved and | saw that time
had passed, and that eternity had come, and
that God had gathered US up into higher
home: and said: care we all heres" and the
voices o. mnumerapie generations answered;
Here and while tears of gladness were rain
ing down our cheeks, and the branches OF
the Lebanon cedars were clapplng their
hands, and the towers OF the great city were
Ginning their welcome, we began TO laugh.
and sing, and leap, and shout: Home!
Home. Home.'
Then I felt childs hand on my face, and
Il woke me. The children wanted to play
more. Children always want to play
more
One OF the Crowd.